A boulder that weighs more than 40 tons sits on the sand high above the ocean. Dwarfing every other rock in view, it is _________ out of place. The answer to how this massive anomaly got here likely lies not in the vast expanse of the Atacama Desert behind it but in the Pacific Ocean below: Hundreds of years ago, a tsunami slammed into the northern Chilean coast, sweeping boulders landward like pebbles.4Mark for ReviewMCQABCWhich choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?Aunobtrusively BconspicuouslyCimperceptiblyDuncertainly
Question
A boulder that weighs more than 40 tons sits on the sand high above the ocean. Dwarfing every other rock in view, it is _________ out of place. The answer to how this massive anomaly got here likely lies not in the vast expanse of the Atacama Desert behind it but in the Pacific Ocean below: Hundreds of years ago, a tsunami slammed into the northern Chilean coast, sweeping boulders landward like pebbles.4Mark for ReviewMCQABCWhich choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?Aunobtrusively BconspicuouslyCimperceptiblyDuncertainly
Solution
The most logical and precise word to complete the text would be Bconspicuously. The boulder is described as dwarfing every other rock in view and weighing more than 40 tons, which makes it very noticeable or conspicuous, not unobtrusive, imperceptible, or uncertain.
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